Yankey Doodle Dandy

It's been a long week, and I feel like I've been growing more & more exhausted as the days roll by. This yankey doodle gal is anything but feeling dandy, today.

We had a scare Monday evening. Scott's leg started hurting intensley, and his heel was throbbing. His leg & foot turned mustard yellow with dark purple bruising, and swelled bigger than it had since he broke his ankle a week ago. So, I called the orthopedic advice nurse to see what they thought about it. They said it sounded like a possible blood clot, and that I should take him to urgent care immediately to get an ultrasound. He also said if I didn't think I could get him into the car maybe I should call 911 after I hung up with him.

Scott didn't want to do that so I pulled the car into the front yard up to the front door so he wouldn't have as far to go (forget what the neighbor's think, right? LOL), and we headed off to urgent care. There, we got ignored, and I got irritated so I said, "Is somebody going to help us, or do we need to go to the emergency room?" The nurse got lippy with me, and so I bluntly told her I didn't need an attitude, I needed someone to do their job and help us. We bantered back & forth, she walked away and a different RN came over to help us out. Then, they assigned us to a Dr., that doctor was already out in the lobby, and chitchatting away with someone, and didn't give us the time of day for several minutes until another RN came over, and asked her if she was going to see us or not,... it was frustrating.

The doctor said she didn't think it was a blood clot, and so she wasn't going to do an ultrasound. She ordered a shot of morphine for him, and a blood test, and sent us home..... oh, after they discovered that his temporary cast was too tight in the back, and pinching off his circulation, and recast it for him.

I got him home & settled, and then ran up to get pizza and movies,... Just as I was getting in the car to head back home, he calls me, and tells me that the Dr's office called him and said his blood test was really high, he did indeed have a blood clot, and we needed to get him to the emergency room ASAP.... and this was FOUR HOURS after we had initially went in for help! He told them I'd be back in about 10 minutes, they said, get a hold of her, and get to the ER NOW. I hurried home, and in that short few minutes, they called AGAIN to make sure we were going to get to the ER quickly. And you know, although I was worried, I was also thinking, "If this is so urgent, why didn't they call him a friggin ambulance?!" So, we get to the hospital, and they take him back,.. I got my mom to come take the kids to her house for the night, and then went back to be with him. Then we find out that the ER doc was so ticked off about the whole thing that he called the doctor's office, and chewed them out. Scott did not have signs of a blood clot, and his blood test results were of course going to be high because he broke his friggin ankle, and that he could have been resting at home instead of scaring the hell out of us.

But as long as we were there, he decided to go ahead and do the ultrasound for our piece of mind since we had already played a stressful game of yo-yo,..... it's a blood clot, no it's not, yes it is, no its not again,..... So, they checked, and it was not a blood clot, and we finally got to come home at 1:00 AM. *sigh*

It took awhile to get him back in the house, and settled again, and then tend to the dogs, and so forth, so I didn't get to bed until 2, and then had to get back up at 6 to go pick up the kids.

It has been 8 days today since Scott broke his ankle, and believe it or not, he still has not had a follow-up with the orthopedist,.... they're 'working him in' tomorrow morning at 10:30. He should have been in with someone within 3-5 days NOT 9.

Anyway,.. he has been staying as immobile as possible, with his leg elevated, and we're celebrating the 4th indoors wiith NBC and CBS this year,...... but that's okay. He's still been in excruciating pain anytime he moves, and many times even when he doesn't so it's best to keep him in bed until he gets it set.

Thanks to those who invited us to come share in your BBQs and fireworks,... sorry we couldn't join you, but we hope you have a fun & safe Independance Day!

Mad love to you all.